The Garden Festival Croatia: ‘The Next Step’

As 2013 continues to race along, The Garden Festival is proud to announce its next wave of guest names gracing the idyllic Dalmatian coastline this summer. There?s also further exciting news as the Argonaughty and Barbarellas Discotheque crews are revealed too. The Garden Tisno, nestled along the azure Adriatic, is a truly beautiful site which will host global Gardeners seeking a week of fun and adventure, dancing under the sun and star-speckled skies, part of a unique festival and holiday experience in Croatia.

The latest live headliners are Metro Area, who bring back the soulful experimentation of the early club classics, mixing live and electronic instruments, segued with Detroit’s cold futurism, Chicago’s abstract track-modes, and the warmth of New York and New Jersey‘s deep house. With his debut album Welcome To Mikrosector-50 set to drop early March, cosmic funkster Space Dimension Controller makes a welcome return to The Garden, whose music encompasses techno infused with a large slice of funk, filtered through analogue experimentation. Finally Hot Coins is an estranged homage to late 70s NYC anti-culture, with his album The Damage Is Done just released. The Garden debutant is also known as Red Rack?em, a purveyor of the finest club music from hip hop and soul, through to house and techno. They join live acts including Auntie Flo, Outboxx, Paqua, Land Of Light and Face and Heel.

The new wave of DJ includes a string of debuts at The Garden Festival. House and techno legend Chez Damier leads the new batch of DJ names, the iconic Prescription Records co-founder a man who carries the true soul of house music with him. Dirtybird?s Justin Martin is next up, the San-Fran spinner injecting fun wherever he plays with seriously ass-shaking groove-laden beats. Young producer prodigies Bondax have been wowing everyone from Radio 1 to Redbull, and seminal electronic and eclectic creator Luke Vibert is also a very welcome addition to the party. And after last year?s brilliant RA party at Barbarellas, one man who stood out was Sweden?s Axel Boman, creating one of the most memorable nights of 2012. This year he is back for more. They join recently announced DJ guests including Floating Points, Eats Everything, Thugfucker, Krystal Klear, Theo Parrish, Soul Clap and Wolf and Lamb, Psychemagik, Young Marco, Maurice Fulton, Bicep, Greg Wilson and many more.

It has always gone without saying how special the Argonaughty is, voyaging across the glittering Adriatic waters during the afternoon and evening, the twice daily parties an essential part of any Garden experience. And with last year?s site move to Tisno, Barbarellas Discotheque has found a brand new home. It?s an amazing open air space which saw a string of sold-out shows and all night partying in 2012, when the sky turned red and orange and the sun rose across a sea of smiles and hands in the air. The new Barbarellas is an amazing space a short bus ride from The Garden Tisno site. Tickets for Barbarellas go on sale Fri 8th Feb and for The Argonaughty Friday March 1st.